Table 13 Vehicles involved in reported injury accidents, traffic volumes and vehicle involvement rates, by vehicle type and severity of accident, 2004-08 and 2013 to 2017 averages, 2006 to 2017

Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2017

Table 13 Vehicles involved in reported injury accidents, traffic volumes and vehicle involvement rates, by vehicle type and severity of accident, 2004-08 and 2013 to 2017 averages, 2006 to 2017

Table 13 Vehicles involved in reported injury accidents, traffic volumes and vehicle involvement rates, by vehicle type and severity of accident
Years: 2006 to 2017, and 2004-08 and 2013-2017 averages
  Pedal cycle Motorcycle 3 Car or taxi Bus / coach or minibus Light goods Heavy goods All 1
(a) vehicles involved in fatal and serious accidents number
2004-08 ave. 151 429 2,751 158 165 173 3,925
2006 148 431 2,850 168 162 173 4,029
2007 159 440 2,492 119 164 157 3,618
2008 179 451 2,668 164 161 149 3,883
2009 165 381 2,443 121 131 134 3,461
2010 152 359 1,980 108 134 150 2,967
2011 172 336 1,895 122 127 113 2,841
2012 189 375 1,964 123 146 121 2,971
2013 174 305 1,678 92 116 114 2,529
2014 177 370 1,727 74 163 111 2,687
2015 185 291 1,710 70 157 109 2,557
2016 165 303 1,812 97 148 85 2,647
2017 189 318 1,657 60 143 76 2,486
2013-17 average 178 317 1,717 79 145 99 2,581
(b) vehicles involved - all severities of reported accident
2004-08 ave. 782 1,076 16,746 1,040 931 707 21,772
2006 801 1,091 16,872 1,066 923 697 21,959
2007 740 1,109 15,998 910 924 643 20,804
2008 768 1,050 15,428 861 918 654 20,220
2009 821 1,040 14,969 776 760 554 19,387
2010 810 860 13,160 668 752 546 17,242
2011 855 827 12,787 669 784 465 16,751
2012 934 891 12,547 574 806 453 16,530
2013 919 791 11,550 508 876 408 15,304
2014 924 847 11,504 476 878 420 15,295
2015 829 757 11,206 426 888 384 14,679
2016 809 729 11,388 448 909 322 14,760
2017 754 631 9,664 357 785 306 12,669
2013-17 average 847 751 11,062 443 867 368 14,541
(c) traffic volumes (2) million vehicle kilometres
2004-08 ave. 249 313 34,104 614 5,755 2,701 43,736
2006 260 302 34,466 609 5,761 2,721 44,119
2007 240 326 34,545 650 6,125 2,781 44,666
2008 273 315 34,357 630 6,145 2,751 44,470
2009 287 322 34,392 635 6,027 2,557 44,219
2010 298 290 33,591 650 6,107 2,550 43,488
2011 305 295 33,578 609 6,122 2,482 43,390
2012 310 290 33,777 585 6,121 2,466 43,549
2013 329 286 33,811 607 6,319 2,487 43,840
2014 369 297 34,415 610 6,676 2,473 44,839
2015 342 293 34,669 588 6,979 2,504 45,374
2016 288 289 35,342 561 7,435 2,543 46,459
2017 290 305 36,206 582 8,008 2,595 47,986
2013-17 average 324 294 34,888 590 7,083 2,520 45,700
(d) vehicle involvement rates: fatal and serious accidents per million vehicle kilometres
2004-08 ave. 0.61 1.37 0.08 0.26 0.03 0.06 0.09
2006 0.57 1.43 0.08 0.28 0.03 0.06 0.09
2007 0.66 1.35 0.07 0.18 0.03 0.06 0.08
2008 0.66 1.43 0.08 0.26 0.03 0.05 0.09
2009 0.57 1.18 0.07 0.19 0.02 0.05 0.08
2010 0.51 1.24 0.06 0.17 0.02 0.06 0.07
2011 0.56 1.14 0.06 0.20 0.02 0.05 0.07
2012 0.61 1.29 0.06 0.21 0.02 0.05 0.07
2013 0.53 1.07 0.05 0.15 0.02 0.05 0.06
2014 0.48 1.25 0.05 0.12 0.02 0.04 0.06
2015 0.54 0.99 0.05 0.12 0.02 0.04 0.06
2016 0.57 1.05 0.05 0.17 0.02 0.03 0.06
2017 0.65 1.04 0.05 0.10 0.02 0.03 0.05
2013-17 average 0.55 1.08 0.05 0.13 0.02 0.04 0.06
(e) vehicle involvement rates: all severities of accident per million vehicle kilometres
2004-08 ave. 3.13 3.44 0.49 1.70 0.16 0.26 0.50
2006 3.08 3.61 0.49 1.75 0.16 0.26 0.50
2007 3.09 3.41 0.46 1.40 0.15 0.23 0.47
2008 2.82 3.34 0.45 1.37 0.15 0.24 0.45
2009 2.86 3.23 0.44 1.22 0.13 0.22 0.44
2010 2.71 2.97 0.39 1.03 0.12 0.21 0.40
2011 2.80 2.80 0.38 1.10 0.13 0.19 0.39
2012 3.01 3.07 0.37 0.98 0.13 0.18 0.38
2013 2.79 2.76 0.34 0.84 0.14 0.16 0.35
2014 2.50 2.85 0.33 0.78 0.13 0.17 0.34
2015 2.43 2.58 0.32 0.72 0.13 0.15 0.32
2016 2.81 2.52 0.32 0.80 0.12 0.13 0.32
2017 2.60 2.07 0.27 0.61 0.10 0.12 0.26
2013-17 average 2.62 2.55 0.32 0.75 0.12 0.15 0.32

1. Includes a small number of 'unknown' and 'other' types of vehicles.
2. There may be slight differences between the vehicle types used for road accident statistics and those used for the traffic estimates.
3. A new 'unknown cc' motor cycle category was included from 2013 onwards. Previously these vehicles were mistakenly included in the 'other' category. They are now included with motorcycles.

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